Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Fairbanks, AK

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WWAK62 PAFG 082101
RFWWCZ

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
101 PM AKDT MON JUN 8 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT TUESDAY
FOR STRONG WIND FOR A PORTION OF THE WESTERN INTERIOR THROUGH
ALASKA RANGE PASSES...

AKZ227-091645-
/X.CON.PAFG.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-090610T0600Z/
UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY-
101 PM AKDT MON JUN 8 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT TUESDAY
FOR STRONG WIND...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT TUESDAY. 

DISCUSSION...WINDS WILL GUST TO 30 MPH WITH HUMIDITIES FALLING
BELOW 30 PERCENT THIS EVENING THROUGH PASSES IN THE ALASKA RANGE.
HUMIDITIES WILL RECOVER ABOVE 30 PERCENT LATE IN THE EVENING TO
EASE THE FIRE DANGER. WINDS ON TUESDAY WILL TURN TO THE SOUTHWEST
WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 25 MPH THROUGH PASSES IN THE ALASKA RANGE IN
THE EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN TURNING MORE WESTERLY AND DIMINISHING
LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR WILL
OCCUR WHICH COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE AND DANGEROUS
FIRES. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM...
TO THE PUBLIC.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

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000 
WWAK62 PAFG 091618
RFWWCZ

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
818 AM AKDT TUE JUN 9 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR A PORTION OF THE WESTERN
INTERIOR...

AKZ227-091730-
/X.CAN.PAFG.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-090610T0600Z/
UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY-
818 AM AKDT TUE JUN 9 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE RED
FLAG WARNING. 



$$

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
256 AM AKDT MON JUN 8 2009

.DISCUSSION...
MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH 60 HOURS WITH ONLY A FEW TIMING
ISSUES TO BE DEALT WITH. OVERALL THOUGH VERY SIMILAR.

UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER MOST OF NORTHERN ALASKA HAS BUT ONE GLITCH.
THAT GLITCH IS THE LOW MOVING NORTH INTO BRISTOL BAY AND ITS
ACCOMPANYING SHORT WAVE THAT WILL SLICE INTO THE RIDGE FROM THE
WEST COAST.

ALTHOUGH NOT EXPECTING A PLETHORA OF RAINFALL FROM THIS
SYSTEM...IT WILL BE THE FORCE THAT ADDS LIFT WITH THE THERMAL
TROUGH TO POSSIBLY SPARK OFF A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS IT
WORKS ITS WAY NORTH TO A LINE OF ABOUT EAGLE TO FORT YUKON BY
WEDNESDAY.

THE UPPER LEVEL LOW ILL MOVE TO ABOUT BETTLES BY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. THIS WILL KEEP THE WARMER AIR PINNED BACK TO NEAR THE
ALASKA CANADA BORDER THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

THERE MAY BE DECENT CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATER IN THE WEEK AS
THE UPPER LEVEL LOW STAYS SOMEWHERE IN THE CENTRAL INTERIOR WHICH
WILL DECREASE 500 HEIGHTS BUT YET STILL BE RELATIVELY WARM AT
LOWER LEVELS. SO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY COULD SEE A FEW MORE
THUNDERSTORMS THAN EARLIER IN THE WEEK.

MEDIUM RANGE MODELS...AT LEAST AT THIS POINT POINT TOWARD AN UPPER
LEVEL ARCTIC LOW DROPPING OUT OF THE ARCTIC TO NEAR BANKS ISLAND
IN DAY 7 AND THEN DEVELOPING A TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL INTERIOR
AFTER THAT. OBVIOUSLY TOO FAR OUT TO PIN ANY ACCURACY ON THOUGH.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...INCREASED GAP FLOW THROUGH THE AREA OF THE
KUSKOKWIM RIVER AND THE SOUTH FORK WILL POSE ADDITIONAL PLANNING
FOR FIRE CREWS PRESENT AT THE SOUTH FORK FIRE AND THE DILLINGER
FIRE SITES.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE COLVILLE RIVER FROM UMIAT TO
COLVILLE VILLAGE.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

CF JUN 09